SOFTWARE

                       SOFTWARE

    The set of instruction that combined together are called program. Many short programs that combined together for special tasks are known as called software. Software tells the computer how to do and what to do.

  There are two type of software that described by figure are:

SOFTWARE

1. SYSTEM SOFTWARE                                                    2. APPLICATION SOFTWARE

OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE                                     GENERAL PURPOSE SOFTWARE

SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE                              SPECIAL PURPOSE SOFTWARE

UTILITY SOFTWARE

SYSTEM SOFTWARE:

  The software that id directly related to computer hardware and perform fundamental task is term as system software.

Numbers of program include in system software nut the following are essential:

1.       Editor

2.       Language translator

3.       Linkers

4.       Loaders

5.       Utilities

6.       Operating software

Editor:

  With the help of editor we can type program. Editor is such a way this is the platform to write a program like C. C++ etc.

Language translator:

  Language translator is the program which converts the high level language into machine code another way that it translates the source code into object code.

  There are three type of language translator which is:

      1.       Interpreter

      2.       Assembler

      3.       Compiler

Linkers:

  Linker create link between the programs to memory.

Loader:

 This type of program loads the program form disk to memory (ram).

Utilities:

  Program provides ease to user and increase computer efficiency to run smoothly.

Operating system:

  Operating is the main important program of system software which provides and create relation for user to hardware.  The work of operating system is

       1.       Process management 

       2.       Memory management

       3.       Secondary memory management

       4.       i/o management

       5.       command interpreter

APPLICATION SOFTWARE:

 There are two type of application software

      1.       General purpose application software

      2.       Special purpose  application software

General purpose application software:

  The software which fulfill our general requirement. Some General purpose application software are following,

                M.S Word

                M.S Excel

                Photoshop

                Video editor

Special purpose application software:

The software which fulfill special requirement are term as Special purpose application software.